Welcome to VectorBase!

VectorBase is an NIAID Bioinformatics Resource Center dedicated to providing data to the scientific community for Invertebrate Vectors of Human Pathogens. We aim to provide a forum for the discussion and distribution of news and information relevant to invertebrate vectors, as well as access to tools to facilitate the querying and analysis of the data sets presented on this site.

TOOLS & RESOURCES

Thank you to all the members of the community who had made this celebration possible. Your data, research, input and feedback are very important to us!

Please cite our most recent paper in your thesis, dissertation, paper or book, when referring to VectorBase. If you only cite our URL, our funding agency can not estimate our impact in the research community.

Are you overwhelmed with RNAseq analyses and have no idea where to start?

RNA-Rocket is a free service that provides access to RNA-Seq (and ChIP-Seq) analysis tools. Among other features, the site streams results directly to VectorBase and provides step-by-step guides and a user interface for both novice and experienced users.

New variation data for strains of the tick Ixodes scapularis are now available. Two new sampling locations have been added for Florida (2013) and Virginia (2008). You can explore this data either via the genome browser, or the PopBio resource.

In this release, we have added new RNA-seq data for transcript expression in Anopheles gambiae cell-lines MOS55 and Sua5B which have been infected with densovirus or Wolbachia strains, and also in MR4 (Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center) cell-lines. Data are from the NIAID Arthropod Vector Cell line transcriptome (AVCL) group.

After a transition period of about a year, we no longer receive your manual gene annotations as GFF3 files, that is why you can no longer find the Community Annotation Portal, CAP.

For detailed information about how to use Web Apollo, please visit our recently updated Web Apollo tutorial page, which it now includes a decision tree, a video tutorial, practice exercises (in a demo site), updated FAQs and more.

COMMUNITY

Submit your data to VectorBase

VectorBase is not just for accessing data and using tools - we encourage you to actively contribute by submitting your own data and citations to enrich the knowledge base.

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This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHSN272201400029C.